2012-02-05

Study tour on creative industries development and revitalization of industrial areas in Finland and Sweden

On 5-11 February 2012 a study tour to Finland and Sweden for representatives of Kaliningrad local authorities, cultural institutions and business was organized in the framework of the Kaliningrad Creative Industries Development Project implemented by the Information office of the Nordic Council of Ministers in Kaliningrad (www.norden39.ru) in cooperation with the «Tranzit» Agency (www.tranzit-kaliningrad.ru).

The program of the visit was focused on creative industries support systems and revitalization of industrial sites and gave an opportunity to get acquainted with:

- as well as some of the successful practices of supporting creative entrepreneurship ( Aalto design factory ) and clusters (Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth).

The participants of the study tour will have an opportunity to share their findings with a wider local audience and discuss opportunities for applying Nordic experience in Kaliningrad during the workshop «Creative Industries in Public space of the city: new life of industrial zones in Kaliningrad», which the project organizers hold in Kaliningrad on 1-2 March, 2012.